Mouse didn't really say much, but 
she sure could think. Whenever I asked 
for her opinion, she’d gladly give it  
to me, and it always made me think, and
this idea was no different.            
     It was so brilliant, especially in
its simplicity, that I didn’t even have
to think about it.                     
     “You and Beth have been out       
partying. That's believable, because   
it's Halloween,” Mouse explained, “and 
you decided that tonight would be the  
perfect night to propose, but halfway  
through it, you realized that you’d    
forgotten the rings in your other coat,
and unfortunately, that one was still  
at work.”                              
     “That’s brilliant. Who goes in    
with me?”                              
     “Me, of course, you big dummy,”   
* Beth said, as she pretended to punch me  
in the stomach.                        
     I laughed, “What was I thinking?” 
I said and hit myself in the head,     
“But, what about everyone else?”       
     Mouse continued, “Me and Pee Wee  
will sit in our cab waiting. That'll   
seem natural because you didn't want to
drink and drive.                       
     “We let Darryl and Rhonda off a   
block away, and from  there, they go to
the nearest exit where the Cat is.     
According to the plans Rhonda got last 
night, the room you describe is near   
the north exit.”                       
     “Once you go in, any call from you
or Beth, even if it's cut-off, we go   
in,” Rhonda ordered, like she was some 
kind of General ordering her troops    
around. “You should put our numbers on 
speed dial right now.”                 



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